Retrospective is a desktop application from centeractive ag for searching and monitoring log files. Written in Java, it runs on Windows, macOS and Linux and fetches logs from local and remote sources: files over SSH (with certificates, jump hosts and sudo/su), Docker containers, and Kubernetes via kubectl. No collector agents or central indexed log storage are required. Users search by terms, time ranges and regular expressions, follow logs live in a single timeline, structure columns, save profiles and snapshots, and export results.
centeractive is a small Swiss company in Gümligen. Switzerland is not an EU member state, but it is an EFTA country with an EU adequacy decision. Because Retrospective runs locally on your own computer, the retrieved logs stay there; the vendor does not host the log data. According to the vendor, saved configuration is encrypted. The software is commercial and not open source. The website's privacy policy contains no separate GDPR statement, so ask about the terms covering licence and order data if needed.